Candidates of the 1904 New South Wales state election explained

The 1904 New South Wales state election was held on 6 August 1904.^[1] It involved 90 electoral districts returning one member each, a reduction from 125 to 90. Women were given the right to vote for the first time in New South Wales elections, almost doubling the number of enrolled voters. As a result, it is not possible to tell the notional holder of a seat prior to the election.

Retiring members

Orange Liberal MLA Harry Newman died on 1 June. Deniliquin Independent MLA Joseph Evans died on 5 July. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-elections were held.

Progressive

• Albert Chapman MLA (Braidwood)
• William Davis MLA (Bourke)
• James Gormly MLA (Wagga Wagga) — appointed to the Legislative Council.^[2]
• James Hayes MLA (Murray) — appointed to the Legislative Council.^[2]
• William Hurley MLA (Macquarie) — appointed to the Legislative Council.^[2]
• Daniel O'Connor MLA (Sydney-Phillip)
• Sir John See MLA (Grafton) — appointed to the Legislative Council.^[2]

Liberal

• Samuel Whiddon MLA (Sydney-Cook)

Labor

• John Power MLA (Sydney-Lang) — lost preselection

Independent

• Frank Byrne MLA (Hay)
• Thomas Griffith MLA (Albury)
• Edward Terry MLA (Ryde)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Progressive candidate	Liberal candidate	Labor candidate	Other candidates
		Gordon McLaurin	Henry Ogilvie	Henry Davies	Walter Billson (Ind)
	George Anderson			John Dacey	Thomas Edwards (Ind) John Wilcox (Soc)
	Alexander Campbell		Mark Morton
	James Robertson		William Mahony
	Michael MacMahon		Sydney Kearney
			Eden George	Patrick Clara	Joseph Reymond (Ind)
			Frederick Winchcombe	Lionel Cahill
				John Storey
		William Young
	Henry Clarke		William Wood	Bernard McTernan	Frederick Bland (Ind) Edmund Coman (Ind)
		Edward O'Sullivan			Tom Batho (Soc) Jack FitzGerald (Ind) George Perry (Ind)
		Thomas Waddell	Thomas Rose
			Samuel Moore
		Paddy Crick
	Patrick Craddock				Isaac Spackman (Ind)
				John Cann
				George Burgess
					William Archer (Ind) Harry McConnell (Ind)
	John Kidd				John Bartlett (Ind) John Moore (Ind Lib)
		James Smith	William Clegg		John Kelly (Ind) Alfred Levy (Ind) Donald McCulloch (Ind Lab) John Salmon (Ind Lib) George Sparkes (Ind)
			Thomas Mackenzie	Edgar Cutler	Robert Smith (Ind) Thomas Taylor (Ind)
				Hugh Macdonald
		John McFarlane			Duncan Beatson (Ind Lib)
	John Keenan		William Millard
		Richard McNeice		Donald Macdonell
	John Barnes			William Holman
			Richard Ball		Emanuel Gorman (Ind Lib)
	William Willis				Richard Sleath (Ind Lab)
		Evan Jones		William Daley	Henry Connell (Ind) Sydney Green (Ind) William Scafe (Ind) Wilfred Spruson (Ind)
			Daniel Levy
	Henry Jones	John Lewis			George Reynoldson (Ind)
				George Evans (Ind Prog) James Lawrence (Ind) James Wallace (Ind Prog)
		Walter Bennett			William Brown (Ind) Richard Price (Ind Lib)
	Lewis Abrams		James Hogue		Percy Lucas (Ind Lib)
	John Thomson
			Charles Wade	Arthur Porter
	John MacDonald		Follett Thomas		Thomas Jones (Ind)
			James Ashton
	Thomas Dalton		John Nobbs
		Percy Stirton		George Jones
			John Hurley
	Percival Basche		Robert Davidson
		Brinsley Hall	Thomas Kelly
				Alfred Edden	John Bailey (Ind Lib)
	Patrick Quinn		Ernest Broughton		Daniel Green (Ind Lab) James Jones (Ind) John Lawler (Ind) Henry Parr (Ind, Lib) Lindsay Thompson (Ind)
		William Ferguson		Andrew Kelly	James Carroll (Ind Lib)
				Sydney Hutton
					John Hawthorne (Ind Lib)
		George Nowland	David Hall		John Perry (Ind Lib)
		Simeon Phillips			Reginald Atkinson (Ind Lib) John Collins (Ind)
		John Gillies	James Brunker		David Mackenzie (Ind)
			Richard McCoy	Patrick MacManus
					William Gocher (Soc) Ellison Quirk (Ind Prog) Edgar Vanhee (Ind)
				Gus Miller	Henry Dawson (Ind)
		Edwin Richards	John Haynes
				Robert Scobie	Robert Gibson (Ind Lib)
	Thomas Fitzpatrick	Alick Smith			Thomas Campbell (Ind) Alfred Humby (Ind)
					Albert Collins (Ind Lib)
			William Dick		William Cann (Ind)
		Harold Morgan		Robert Hollis	John Neill (Soc)
		John Fitzpatrick		Matthew Charlton	Henry Forster (Ind) Reginald Harris (Ind Lib) Alfred Jacques (Ind)
		Samuel Whitmee			Andrew Ross (Ind Lib)
	Thomas Curran		Charles Oakes
	Charles Summerhayes		Tom Moxham		William Ferris (Ind)
	Adam Pringle		John Cohen		Henry Davis (Ind Lib)
				Phillip Sullivan	Francis Drake (Soc) George Turner (Ind) Samuel Wolfe (Ind Lib)
	James Beer			John McNeill	Thomas Gollan (Ind) James Moroney (Soc)
	Patrick Blackall
		George Briner	John Davis		Thomas Lobban (Ind)
			David Storey		Samuel Kennedy (Ind) Thomas Lennard (Ind Lab) James O'Donnell (Ind)
		George Howe		James McGowen	Henry Ostler (Soc)
		John Perry	Thomas Temperley		Robert Campbell (Ind) Philip Morton (Ind Lib)
	Richard Meagher		John Coleman
			Sydney Law
			Sir Joseph Carruthers	William Paine
				George Down	Edward Clark (Ind Lib) Charles Lloyd (Ind Lib) David Middleton (Ind) Fountain Winter (Ind)
			Broughton O'Conor		Robert Lalor (Ind Lab) John McCook (Ind) Thomas Smith (Ind Prog)
	Charles Dight		James Fallick
					William Williams (Ind)
	Arthur Nelson	John Waine			John Norton (Ind)
				James Black (Ind) James Lawrence (Ind) Richard Richards (Ind Lib)
		Robert Levien	John Garland
	Robert Pyers		Charles Lee
			William Fleming
		Charles Turner		John Estell
			Thomas Jessep	Alfred Warton	James Conroy (Ind Lib)
		John Fegan	Owen Gilbert	Laurence Vial
			William McCourt		Theodore Corby (Ind) Sydney Innes-Noad (Ind Lib)
		Edward Allen		John Nicholson
			William Latimer		Robert Usher (Ind)
		Robert Donaldson	Robert Joyce
	Bernard Grogan	William Affleck		Niels Nielsen

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1904–1907
• Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election

Notes and References

1. 1904 election - candidate index . 1904 . Candidates . 5 December 2019.
2. News: Government Gazette Notices . . 340 . 21 June 1904 . 16 December 2019 . 4935 . Trove.